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Wichita eagle., 1887-03-02
Liabilities VI Assets.

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi. March 1-Bede
g. BRAY, lumber dealers. assigned. Liahili-
ties estimated from $50 0o0 to $50. COO.
Assets unknown, but said by the firm 10
be adequate To meet all obligations Cred
itors mostly Minneapolis parties
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-02

In Washington dwell t~c young woman
who own SO 2Ech b-ic-a-brac th.t they
have moved into . frser house to accom-
Eod.te l. Among ether rare things 70 .
screen, such as il used IN eastern tarer,s,
made Of carved wood, with curious h:sls
windows which open and shE: like door,
Chicago Tinea
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-02
Drug Store For sale.

A clean stock of drugs aud fixtures for
SALE good trade established. Virtually the
only drug store in the town Terms guar
anJeed. Reasons for selling not for want OF
trade, but removal from Clearwater to en-
bark in other business Stock and fixtures
will invoice $500 to 81, 600.
Respectfully yours, Ben L. BEAR.
dSSff
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-02
Orchard Grove addition.
\nsi..a

The partnership heretofore existing be
tween Dr.. II. Owens and Hall is dissolved On
the 22d day OF February, 1887, and the books
and accounts will be settled at the office OF
FL. Owens at the same place II. OWENS.
dSJ1t
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-02
New York Live stock.

NEW YORK. March I.
Reeves-Receipts 81 carloads; steady; steere 81 l5@
) 40 bulls and dry cows 81 S094 IS.
Sheep-Receipts 1850; dull and lower with slow
sales 26l5 % for sheep and 59b6 50 for lanes
Hoxs-Receipts 400; weaker at Co.'s 90.
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-02
.-,,c,,o Grain snd Provisions.

CNitAIn, March !
The export ciesrsngs OF wheat from sesooard @g-
cressse go hl,s els ers the sAlppinS inc1irr
reported ltsht until late In the sf,ernsoa wh.n
renewed exp RI demand was reported; she receipts
az II potu,s were ssaD Bushels The starting price
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-02

All persons are hereby notified not to pur
chase any personal property of my husband,
VIM o. Hammond, as all the property
claimed by him belongs to me, and should
any one buy Of him the sale will be con-
tested. MRS. AMANDA A. HAMMOND
Feb %, 1887. dS9-3t*
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-02
Township Omcers.

Township Onicers.
Read and Order what you ehould
Have to Comply with the Law.
Each Township Trustee should
have 3 Trustees Record, Road Record,
Poor Record and full set OF Town
ship Blanks; also some Stationery.
Each Justice OF the Peace should
have a Civil Docket, Criminal Docket,
Each Constable should have an
assortment, of Blanks.
Each Township Clerk should
have a Clerks Record s.d Warrant
Book.
Each Township Treasurer should
have Treasures Record
stray Record, Transcripts, Compiled
Law Of 1885, and full assortment Of
Blanks.
TTbe above should be furnished
10 the Officers of each well regulated
Townships, the expense Of the Town.
hip The EAGLE has the most CON-
pgeie Books and Blanks now published.
Each Road Overseer sbonid have
q cad Dverseer's Account Book, he
Clip, Book for Labor, Receipt Book
for Extrs Work. and Receipt Book
for Material Used.
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-02
Special Bargain.

Five lots, east fronts, in McCormick's id
dition only 80 # south of Zimmerly ST., at
$500 each if taken at once.
STAFFORD & WEBB,
S94t* 22l E. Douglas ave.
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-02

for May delivery was u lower At ~; rally to 7sS
oorurred but owing to reported fine weather the
weather the tone became easy and the price fell OF
steadily to 7f rallied a trice and closed at 775ka7sz
Corn ruled easier with light trading and closed Is
@s4 lower than yesterday.
Oats were dull and shade easier.
Lard ciosed lcc per hundred poundslower.
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-02
Kansas City Live Stock.

KANSAS CITY. March l.
Cattle - Receipts, 2n23; shipments none: weak
good to choice 81 1904 IS. common TO medium 50 o.
"A 90: stockers s. 6as3 Is: feeding steers. SO 6l
60 cows. common =" choice. g. 2G3 ".
Hogs Receipts. Sal; shipments. 264; cents
lever: good to choice S. As al S. common to
mediurn s. i0d5 10: skips and pigs 81 0oti5 20.
Sheep.-kecepts, 1903; shipments 90: steady
good to choice, g 25g3 IS; common to medium 81 IS
GJ2
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-02

Call at the Wichita trunk Factory, 125
W Douglas ave, for your trunks, vaiises.
satchels, &c, as we have the largest and
most complete stock west of Chicago
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-02
dS9tf

The Mercer Real Estate and Investment
Co. are sole agents for the Orchard Grove
addition S93t*
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-02
New York Gram ana Provisions.

NEW YORK. March
wheat-Hiscr: No. red, sgs, elevator; 50 ss9,4
delivered.
livered.
Osts-Quiet: mixed western s. ass; white SIeri2.
Eggs-Lo~er; l1lsal12
Chsess-pul; Western. Eat. l!lts.lE1.
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-02
S9-4t%

Special bargains in Lincoln St, McCor-
mick's and Allen e Smiths additions today.
Call on Slower Bros. & Aeister, at Wichita
Exchange, 224 Z. Douglas ave. 50 6t*
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-02
Iwant to sell my own property, consisting

of:
l,5 # sw cor 18th and Breckenridge SIS,
Der lot. rs
loo IT on Meade 40 II of Lincoln 49, 100
rs II sW cor Meade and Gilbert - 2fss'
loo II on Cleveland, of OAK iS5 f. -. l1Ia
81 II on Lawrence, = hiss of Lincoln I.su
l am bound 20 sell, and DEFY every man To
und-r>e,l me- MT BRIrToN
S-o.' 81 z Douglaa
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-02
ST. LoUis Gram anu Provisions.

Flour Huli and easy.
Wnrat-kCtivs un-ett'@f AMI lower No. red
cash,. - ark: Ssy ~. ANS: closing ~:
Coru-Actise sud lower and e S3s@ uater. No
mkt cash. SD aNrh, SS}.;as.. May, aajx IS II
closing e5ie asked. June. ssls
nats-Dun but easy; No. mixed. IS May. -
Rye-Essy at ~
Sarley-A.
Lea: Active and firm. Common. 30 refined %
chemical raId ~
Butter Ahsut sseaay. creamery. y 81: dairy. So
ESss-ri-neT at l2ls.
PorS-xi ~
Isr,i-Se 95SS. %
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-02

Hardy Solomon & Sons have the exclu-
sive sale of the Blue Grass add. Office :sii Z
Douglas ave. sef
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-02

Now is the time TO buy lots in the Blue
Grass add. before all the corners are gone.
For sale by Hardy Solomon & Sons, 33l +
Douglas ave. SSt
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-02

Tae late Sir Hoses Eor.eeo-e was cne o.
tto last persons II London v-o vs-s about
Ia q setan chair, E.:a four bc-re-a
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-02
Notice.

The highest ground in West Wichita is
Orchard Grove. S9-3t*
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-02
A Screen r-or, a Harem.

Wolves ere very numerous n tie Texas
Panhandle.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-24
streets you can SEQ the little daars try
ing their best to be upgraoeful in ether
efforts ! be up to the latest ''tad"-New
York Evening Sun.
The Hush for Land,

Fargo. OCT. 2l.-Filing on the North
ern Paciio iniemuity lands commenced
this p45raing. Up t, noon orly twenty
five lungs we're made, bat over 500 peo-
pie were outside OF the office IN the
street waiting for q chance TO maks
her entries. Oply five are admitted TO
the office at y flme aud at the fertbest
only 100 Gan make entries to-day. The
hotels are crowded and more coming IN
on every train. The ispds'at the south
of th 70 d are looted in Ga 8, Riohisn .
Sargent, Ransom, Dicky and Lamoure
%connties; at the north IN Trail, Steele,
Griggs, Foster, Barnes and Stntsman
'%connties. Nearly all the arrivals are
Norweglans and the stated fee for
making ont their papers is $25, SO 1t can
be seen what q harvest the laad Office
attorneys are making.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-24
E | NorIor

Tn moSoe y neseny given that .un
aoeSuay OF Neven, Der, next benz u, LIE teconi
=. salt month an election viii has .he sth d J
election of souhty lur ,be
~ Jus Ices OF the peace to fill v.o,
w c9nstabies. u fill vacap, ia ,~acancieA.
= ALSO upon the ga sulon of d,v;.;
i iee nv ~ ~ kstal upon an tast S Ann oi the
an eaectt4sa wIl also be beld Il; a. aiiei.
.annis ioler oistilct lpreclnct N" second
couhty commissioner of sal d,str, ~ ~ for
:, oaeh eise ION vi be Npened alta !,
m. thereof NV o'h'inae orsn uttil a, ,aa !.
The several PR circts of Yapk,
uescflpt d and bounds d as fol W. county are
range ~ Nph W and IS,
house, III the villa e OF ayville.p upnc school
Sscond precinct All of townsh;r a.
= o. except section o. and is, in ss aid rang range
Election will be held at yonI,.
section 8. township 81. range shs house In
Third precinct Township ii ran,,
sbs b pafe n1 14wnship a. range s.. lying east aa az
Election will be held at the public
house, 10 school district No. Az s'oool
Fourth precinot-Toanship Us. ranoou
n E d;sir,et NJ MI % pc held at public school houss.
Fifth precinct--Township 90, range 4.
Election to be held at the house Of John y
Rye in said township. 'onn n,
Sixth pr~eclnet-Ihat part of townsb;n OF
range 5 lying east of the Dakota r;var w,
Election will be held at the nnh,esr
house near John McUabe's. w SCHOOL
Seventh precinct-Township 9B. rsnoa RI
ELECTION will be held at the school So !.
district No. 81, township 98, range az y Al
Eighth preclnct-Iownsnip 81. RANCE n -,
north one-half ma OF township 95, range ri
Election will be held at the school bnnss i,
district No. q, n township 70, rasge 81. ~
.Ninsh precinGt-sout one.half CD of town.
ship b, range b!, and sections 1 To- d. hos,h
inclusive, township "a, range 81, 'o'o
Election will be held at the house of Ana,.,.
Czerwonka in township 95, range 81. AAo'ea'
Tenth NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 25 to SO, both in.
ship SO, range 81. o"n'
Election will be held AT the public sehoo
house neal Pfeitfer Bros store at Lakeport'
Eleventh precinct-Township %. rangs "a
95, range 56.
Election will be held at the school bonse !,
district No. Il at GAINESVILLE
Twelfth .precInct--lownship 95, range 50
except sections i to IL, and north oue.haIi mt
of township "a. range So. '
Election will be held at the school house !;
district No. 30, township o.. range SO.
thirteenth fecinct-South one-half fsn) O
township "a, range 81, and township gs. ranp
So. intending all that part of the CITY of YspE
ton lying west of Broadway street in said CITY
Election will be held at the ut. Croix Luu
Der company office on Broadway, Yankton.
Fourteenth precinct-iownship IS. range 81
west of the Dakota river; also that part a
township o., range So. lying vert of Daket
river, and sections 8,7 and lS, township d
range 55, including that part of the city Z
Yaukton lying in said sections and east Z
broadway street IN said city.
Election will be held at the county COMM,
%sioner's Office in the court house.
CHRISTIAN HAGE. County Auditor.
Yankton, September IL, 1851.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-24
4 Positive Written Guaranfee
MARRIAGE GUIDE

EGG Pages, Fine Eln{es.
Elegant cloth and gilt binding. Sealed for soc
IN money or postage stamps. Over fifty wonder.
sui pen pictures, showing who may marry, who
Manhood. Wornanlood. Physical decay. Who
should marry. Howlife and happiness may be
increased. Those married or about to marry
thinking man ard woman Popular edition.
napcr cover. 2sc. Address Ak. WHETTIER
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-24
The Irashionable Girrs Now walk.

The 10 walk is neither graceful nor
pretty. It is o kind of a waddle. The
wonld-be fashionable young lady now
walks as If she had 10 joints nor firm.
ness to her. Every part of her anatomy
seems to shake and wiggie as she goes.
She comes down hard first on one foot
and them on the other, seeming to rest
her body Alternately on each OF her
neither limbs. Her cheeks wobhle, and
so do her arms. don't know any better
way to describe il than to say she wad-
dies like Q fat duck. T don't know who
is the originstpr of this fashion, but it is
eyidsnsalIa going TO be the thing this,
winter. All the girls put it on With
their fall bcnnets. and ail over the
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-24

DeRr Bell: III write you q short letter
70 say I'm wonderfully better.
How much that means you ought to know,
Who saw me just one month ago
Thin, nervous. fretfui, white as chalk,
Head %throbbipg, az if fit for breaking,
a weary, eyerlpresent aching.
But now life seems o different thing:
l feel as glad as bird on wingi
/ say, n fear no contrad ction,
That Pier els Favorite Prescription
Is grand Why, I'd have died without it!
Ma thinks there's no mistake about it.
tia driven all my ilIs away:
just come and seei Yours ever, MAY.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-24

Mia q lluacai

1 suffered with fever, hot head and foul breath.
With stomach disordered-was sick unto death.
I bore it a week surely I was q Ounce
Thee l took a few pellets" they carea ne at
ogcc.
What a Ounce, indeed, TO neglect such
. remedy and suffer a week, when quick
relief could have been found in DIR.
Pieyce's Pieassnd Pnrgative Pellets,
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-24
Yankton Savings Bank.

EQAL BLANK CATALOGUE FOE 1887
n b rresa snd Dnl,otainn Legal Blnak
oatalogne fur 1881, AZ Gov ready for DELIVERY /.
Bent NEE 70 ant eddfoAs on application.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-07
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS
Mr.. Bailey Finds that the Moving of
Mortgaged Property Is Risky Business.
Equal Suffrage Celebration at Bloomington
La Porte Will Bore for Gas-The Real
Estate Activity at Misunderstanding
INDIANA.

Sullivan Man Arrested for Moving Mort
gagged Goods Out of the State.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, April GA b. Bailey, Of Sui
livan, who left town between two days, last
week, was arrested to-day at bingham. He
had been one of the prominent citizens Of Sulli-
van, and as dealer in hay had good credit with
the bank, which he now owes about 81, 100. He
had been in the habit of buying hay with money
advanced by the bank, and giving it shipping
bills. but last week he sent a consignment
to Evansville without securing the bank. He
went to Evansville. collected the money,
turned to Sullivan, and during the night packed
his household goods in wagons and drove to
station on the narrow-guaee road. whence he
shipped the goods to his son at Efingham he and
his family driving to that town. The charge on
which he was arrested was for moving mortgaged
goods out of the State. Attorney John Beasley
went to bingham to-day to try to get settle
ment with him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-07

those who swell the revenue of the florists
There are families who have their box OF
blossoms as regularly each morning as they
do their table supplies. A cluster of volets
must be among the roses and spring flowers
at whatever cost Boxes Of cut flowers cost
from So to S. This is the most favorite style
of floral gift. for flower-lovers have the double
delight Of arranging the vases. A gentleman
from California last week ordered, two days in
succession, 5000 worth of cut flowers to the house
of the friend he was visiting. that the ladies
might have the pleasure of distributing them to
their taste throughout the apartments Ger
man favors gotten up with considerable
expense Sixty-two cornucopias, costing $ll
each. were the floral favors pre-
sented lately at Brooklyn cotilion Tho
rose lunches given at balls and dances contain
from six to dozen blossoms. which, If selected,
are worth from forty to seventy-fve cents each.
fruit set of Dresden China was mounted on
pyramid Of flowers. the piece costing $3.50, the
flowers being worth $3.50 A rose basket sent to
a favorite actress very often brings 500. Bas-
kets of fine flowers cost from $40 to $50, accord
ing to size and skill in arrangement. Plants
growing being introduced into tho fashionable
Easter basket make them more costly. The
deliberately braided rush fish baskets valanced
with satin and bound with sashes cost, without
filing from sc to $40.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-07
Equal Suffrage Celebration.

Correspondence Of he Indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGTON, April 4.-The anniversary of
the Bloomington Equal Suffrage Club was held
on Tuesday evening. March &c. at the residence
of Judge and Mrs. Miers. A large company as
sembled in the parlors. and from the expression
of the happy faces and continuous flow of merry
chatter coming from groups of ladies and gentle
men present. it was evident the occasion was
proving to be unusually delightful. The par
lors were tastefully decorated. and over the door
way uniting the two rooms was suspended the
motto of the club, which reads THE right to
vote is inherent in citizenship ire
spective of SEX" A large portrait of
Miss Frances Willard was appropriately
decorated, aud beneath it spray of evergreen
was fastened with a bow of white ribbon, lem
blem of purity as represented in the white
Cross Association, of which she is the national
PRESIDENT Wax candles in antique candle
sticks were to be shedding a soft mellow
light all through the house. handsome bou-
quet of tea roses and Jonquils, with delicate
sprays of ferns, stood on one of the mantles. In
the center of the south parlor was ornamental
table at which the president Mrs. Miers stood,
and delivered the address of welcome, which was
highly complimented. The Rev. Mr. Lyons
then gave admirable informal re-
Spouse. followed by remarks by
Professor Boone, whose charm lay in
his pure diction and eloquence. Mr.. H. c. Dun
can, Judge Miers and Mrs. p X. Beck made
brief and pointed speeches Mr. C. P. Tuly
then read a paragraph of good news from Kan
sas. Immediately after which refreshments were
served. The celebration success.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-07
"DECLINED WITH THANKS"
How Longfellow's Excelsior" Was Once
Sent Back to Him.


Longfellow's Excelsior is said to have had a
wider circulation than airy other poem ever writ
ten. It has passed thr 1ugh innumerable edi-
tons. and been translated into almost every
language of the civilized world One OF tins poets
biographers who learned it from the poets
own lips. has told how the poem came to be writ
ten; but an interesting circumstance, anrclpat-
ing its introduction to the worlds admiration, is
here, for the first time. made public In 1889
l was editor of the Ladies' Companion, month
~ magazine published in New York by an
ignorant profane. conceited fellow, whom had
indscreetly engaged to serve by letter. without
previous sight knowledge of him. He had
staccato stutter, which-as his lmpetuous nature
led him to talk with great rapidity-punctured
his speech in a very distressing way, the accom-
panying contortions of his countenance increas-
ing the peculiar effect. learned. on entering
his service. that LongfellOw, then but literary
fedgling. had agreed to furnish the Companion
with occasional short poems at the rate of $l4
EACH and one morning as entered the office in
William street the publisher hailed me from his
desk near the door with: 81 ll-loook here h;
s.s-s-see what a d-d-d-d-d piece of nonsense
Longfellow has sent me! Je-je-je-just listen to
this" Then he proceeded to reel The first stan
"a of the poem, his Indignation and his oft-re-
curing stutter uniting in a display of elocution
the like of which. we may safely presume, the
lyric has never since been the subject of. But
it the word Excelsior" Of the meaning
of which he had not the slightest conception,
that he vented the full volume of his wrath.
Pronouncing it lex shel-shor' he uttered it
with an expression of whitening con.
tempt. ''There." he said. II omit
the stuttering). did you ever hear anything
equal to thatl Now just listen to another verse;"
Then he read the second stanza he had done
the first, and. passlonately folding the manu-
script, sad II wonder if Longfellow thinks he
gouge $14 OUT of me for such piece Of
id trash as thatg I'm not such fool, can
tell him. and I'll send it back and give him a
piece of my mind"
That was all l heard of the poem at that
time. No doubt he did send it back immedi-
ately, enclosed in an insulting letter, and if
Lonefelow, like Keats had been the victim of
a morbid sepsibility, that could be wounded
to the death by harsh criticism, he might have
suppressed the poem, and the world have lost a
treasure
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-07
MINOR MATTERS.
An Indian Agent Apologies for Killing
Truculent Employee.

An Indian Agent Apologies for Killing
Truculent EmplOye.
WASHINGTON, April 6-Indian Commissioner
Atkins has received the following letter from
Indian Agent E. G. Osborne. at the Ponca,
Pawnee and Otoe agency Indian Territory, nm
der date of April g 1887:
with profound sense Of regret have to
report that in dischargiug, yesterday, E. NJ.
Smith, farmer at the Otoe agency, for general
bad conduct upon the agency. but chiefly because
of his uneovernabie temper, which was contnu-
ally being turned loose upon both employees and
Indians, had to kill him in self-Gefense He had
repeatedly threatened to kill the clerk in charge
Mr.. Young, who reported his conduct and asked
that he be discharged. went to Otoe to explain
to him my reasons for dischargine him, to hear
his defense. if he had any, to pay him his salary
for the past quarter and to dismiss him. while
very quietly and calmly performing the duty, he
made violent attack upon the clerk in charge,
whom he wounded in the arm and doubtless
thought he had killed, and then turned upon Mr..
Justice, the agency blacksmith, and myself,
with a cooked and leveled revolver. and with the
manner of maniac when l shot him dead.
am thoroughly convinced that saved three
lives in taking his, and when it is considered that
one of those three was my own, and the only
one have. trust may be exonorated.'
Mr.. Osborne is from Galatin, Tenn, and has
been in charge Of the agency since August, 1885.
Smith was one of his own appointees.